BLAZE

HOT HEADS

Abria

The clutter of the ceramic plates lingered in the so-called empty hall but there were eyes that fixed on me as if I was a foreigner to them. No offense but wasn't I a foreigner? I mean, all the time I lived and raised up in a different country when this was my birth place.

But look at me now, I stood at the land of the place I was born and I was supposed to live in the first place. Life could be unpredictable. It was amusing and terrifying at the same time. As the time was running, my head was banging loudly. However, it was the least of my concerns because I was still sitting with the person I hated for being my mother.

I still can't believe she is my mother or is she just playing mind games with me? Ugh… whatever it is, i won't let her have an upper hand on this fight.

They all looked at me curiously as if I was going to spill the beans as they expected me to. Wait ice queen, there is a lot you have to see than just to hear.

"Abria… where is your father?" Daphne asked me while staring at me cursedly. 

I have no idea why she is looking at me like that but the way she looked at me sent a chill to my spine. As if I had taken something valuable from her. As far as I remember, she was a genuinely interested and caring person when we first met her but now she appears to be an entirely different person.

"You haven't replied to my question, Abria? What am I supposed to think about it?" She inquired further.

I frowned deeply at her, "I don't know where he is… I haven't seen him in a while." 

"So, you no nothing about his struggles for finding you?" He narrowed her gaze at me.

"No! I haven't… and how would I? I said already that I haven't seen him or heard anything about him." I slammed my palm at the table.

"Silence…" the queen roared right next to me and I felt submissive at her demand.

"Daphne… please… let me handle this.." Zohar stopped his wife for further inquiries and he turned to me for the investigation.. What are they trying to extract? 

"Abria… the day you went missing, your father left Vancouver to find you. He went through a lot of troubles and he had to run for his life sometimes but he found no clue of your existence. It was like you vanished in thin air. He was here as well and went back in search of you, but…" the Duke was saddened suddenly and it raised a doubt in my mind.

"But? What but? What happened? Tell me… where is my dad?" I was persistent to ask him.

"He is nowhere to be found. We have no clue where he went.." the queen uttered from her lips and my gaze averted to her.

"What do you mean by that?" I demanded an answer.

"He went missing…" she said.

"He left us like he did years ago.." Daphne interrupted in between. 

 "My father is a strong man… he just can't go missing… you guys are just playing tricks, I know.. if survived everything alone, he is not something that can go missing…" I jabbed at them.

Whatever my father said or did to me, I know he is not a person who will give up in his life, not once. They just can't put false allegations and assumptions on anything.

"You should have looked for him instead of making false assumptions… you call yourself his sister and still you are the one who is pretending to be an awful, selfish b***h… instead of sitting here with that fat ass, you should be looking for him.. if you can't then I will go and find him." I was furious and ready to leave this hell.

"he said he will bring you back to the kingdom… Now you are here, he just went missing without a trace. Even my heart knows that he won't leave us stranded like this. He will come back…" the queen was utterly silent and tears filled her eyes.

Is she genuinely hurt or just pretending to gain my attention? I remembered what Carmen said and warned me about her. I will not fall for any of her tricks.

I chuckled and bursted into a big laugh before turning dark to her, "look who's talking? You are the major reason behind his depressed state, dear queen. When you were sitting here on your luxurious throne, my father was looking for jobs to raise me. He did all by himself just to feed me and take care of me. Now you are pretending like you cared about him so much.. if you have really cared, you should have come to him instead of leaving him.." i glared at her.

"Shut up, you little brat… how can you say something like that without having no knowledge of what happened behind your absence. Even your father kidnapped you in the first place and ran away… your mother never abandoned you.. fool…" Daphne yelled at me with her high pitched voice. I swear I wanted to damage those vocals for the last time.

"Little knowledge is a dangerous thing, Abria… you must have listened to both sides stories before coming to a conclusion… you are not a child anymore and this won't be the way either but you have to accept fate, now or later, but you have to." Zohar reminded me of something that my dad used to say.

Immediately, I felt guilty for charging so rudely at them without giving them a chance to explain.

"For an instance, I believe what you said is true. But the revolt wasn't one sided, there must be a reason or something happened from the other side of the mirror too. You just can't blame one person for a mistake. I hope what I said makes much sense to you too." I spit the truth and waited for their responses.

All of them looked shocked and shunned when I pumped the s**t I wasn't meant to but when no option left in a game, then played dirty. That's the golden rule for ruling. I loved the expressions plastered on their faces. I know I have dug the hole in the grave and the dissatisfaction on their faces dripping like hot lava.

"I don't know what poison that witch filled in your mind but sooner, I will clear each of your doubts and misunderstandings. For now, I want you to get settled down and start training like other warriors. We have wasted a lot of time…" the queen suggested and left the hall.

The Duke followed her and left as well, while the red head stayed behind and glared at me as if I spilled acid on her.

"What?" I shrugged my shoulders and she was fuming for my attitude.. just deal with it b***h.

"I can't believe that you said such harsh words… I know that b***h has taught you something in a negative light but this was far beyond the expectations." She spitted the venom and left.

Once they all left me alone, I sighed and roppe snack on the chair. Rubbing my hands on my face and wondering what was wrong with me? I do treat my family as s**t but the worst is that I enjoy making them suffer..

I sighed and got up to leave this place too, and as soon as I stepped out of the hall and went a little further, I was pulled back into a random room and a hand covered my mouth before I could scream. His hands were hot and sweaty, the masculinity holding me stiff under the edge, it sent me to another world of my battling thoughts. Staring right through his crystal clear blue eyes, I sighed deeply in relief.